Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
wicked, injustice, wrong
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1612 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 邪 【ジャ】 wickedness, evil, wicked person
  • 邪魔 【ジャマ】 hindrance, obstacle, nuisance, disturbance, interruption, interference, to visit (someone's home), demon who hinders Buddhist training, demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
  • 妖邪 【ヨウジャ】 evil intent, malice
  • 破邪 【ハジャ】 crushing evil, destroying heresy

Kun reading compounds

  • 邪 【よこしま】 wicked, evil, wrong, bad
  • 邪まな心 【よこしまなこころ】 evil heart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2, ye2
Korean:
sa, ya

Spanish

  • injusticia
  • equivocación

Portuguese

  • malvado
  • injustiça
  • errado

French

  • sournois
  • dépravé
  • pervers
  • mauvais
1340 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1643 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2849 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1520 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1825 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
642 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1457 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1551 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1417 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
754 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1443 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
766 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1039 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1925 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39357P Morohashi
1124 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6135 New Nelson (John Haig)
1906 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2055 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1219 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3244 2001 Kanji
2d5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
1-5-2 SKIP code
1722.7 Four corner code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-28-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90aa Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Kun:
のり
On:
ホウハッホッフラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 法 【ホウ】 law, act, principle, method, mood, dharma, law
  • 法案 【ホウアン】 bill (law), measure
  • 航法 【コウホウ】 sailing, navigation
  • 会社更生法 【カイシャコウセイホウ】 Corporate Rehabilitation Law
  • 法被 【ハッピ】 happi coat, happy coat, workman's livery coat, traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
  • 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
  • 法師 【ホウシ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, layman dressed like a priest, person
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra

Kun reading compounds

  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 法の筵 【のりのむしろ】 preaching place
  • 内法 【うちのり】 inside measure
  • 外法 【そとのり】 outside measurements

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa3, fa4
Korean:
beob

Spanish

  • método
  • ley
  • doctrina

Portuguese

  • método
  • lei
  • regra
  • princípio
  • modelo
  • sistema

French

  • méthode
  • loi
  • règle
  • principe
  • modèle
  • système
513 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
584 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
145 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
213 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
676 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
824 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1181 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
391 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
295 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
758 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17290 Morohashi
333 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3107 New Nelson (John Haig)
751 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
516 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371 2001 Kanji
3a5.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3413.1 Four corner code
1-43-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cd5 Unicode hex code